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Sat, Jan 6, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Calgary Flames 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0821006224
PHI0922419342

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 1:55CGYJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Nazem Kadri, Martin Pospisil · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:15PHIMorgan FrostAssists: Sean Walker, Tyson Foerster · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:13CGYMacKenzie WeegarAssists: Blake Coleman, Andrew Mangiapane · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:06PHISean CouturierPPAssists: Morgan Frost, Egor Zamula · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:27PHITravis KonecnySHGWGAssists: Scott Laughton, Cam York · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (20)
  1. P1 8:46PHIGarnet Hathaway: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:49PHISean Walker: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:34CGYNoah Hanifin: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 18:50CGYConnor Zary: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 5:31CGYA.J. Greer: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 9:19CGYElias Lindholm: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 9:19CGYElias Lindholm: Elbowing2 min
  8. P2 9:19PHIJoel Farabee: Instigator2 min
  9. P2 9:19CGYElias Lindholm: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 9:19PHIJoel Farabee: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 9:19PHIJoel Farabee: Instigator misconduct10 min
  12. P2 15:45CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Hooking2 min · PPG
  13. P3 1:54PHIGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 13:22CGYConnor Zary: Interference2 min
  15. P3 0:00CGYElias Lindholm: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 0:00CGYNoah Hanifin: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 0:00CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Roughing2 min
  18. P3 0:00PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  19. P3 0:00PHINick Seeler: Roughing2 min
  20. P3 0:00PHIScott Laughton: Roughing2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYPHI
24Shots on goal42
2.0Expected goals3.8
62Shot attempts87
31Faceoffs won31
3Power plays6
25Penalty minutes29
10Hits22
23Blocked shots21
6Giveaways6
4Takeaways6

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Kadri – Pospisil – Zary5:42

    xG 0.20–0.19 (50%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:34

    xG 0.38–0.52 (42%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0

  3. Greer – Dube – Ruzicka4:22

    xG 0.08–0.34 (19%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Huberdeau – Lindholm – Sharangovich6:42

    xG 0.19–0.53 (27%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson2:03

    xG 0.08–0.01 (92%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – DeSimone9:16

    xG 0.40–0.44 (47%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Tanev – Hanifin13:31

    xG 0.25–0.57 (31%)attempts 14–22goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestFrost – Brink – Foerster4:48

    xG 0.39–0.17 (70%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  2. Atkinson – Laughton – Tippett6:56

    xG 0.52–0.40 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Poehling3:05

    xG 0.10–0.11 (49%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Hathaway – Frost – Foerster2:15

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Zamula10:23

    xG 0.70–0.24 (75%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  2. Seeler – Walker12:54

    xG 0.70–0.37 (65%)attempts 18–15goals 1–1

  3. Sanheim – York12:28

    xG 0.71–0.49 (59%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

PHI 3.8 xGCGY 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #586 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

Simulated goal difference (PHI − CGY), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).